![]() ![]() Towards the end of the session I noticed a pair of small, rather unusual looking speakers, sitting shyly at the corner behind all the others. ![]() I listened to few relatively big bass reflex boxes first and they made me quite some impression with their deep bass and stringent heights. It was in small Hi-Fi equipment shop in Hamburg when I first time stumbled upon a full-range back-loaded horn speakers. Fostex FE 108 Sigma full range speaker featuring paper cone made of banana plant’s fiber They have never managed to disappear fully and the illusion of the sound coming from musician’s instruments situated on the imaginary soundstage between them had never happened. The problem I had with them was that the sound they delivered were not very convincing in terms of realistic portray of the fundamental aspects of music like timbre, tone colour, but also non-musical artefacts like transparency, soundstage and imaging. One should not forget also that even a small component change in the system like interconnect cable may require speakers adjustment.īefore I got into the full-range horn speakers I owned several 2 and 3 way bass reflex speakers. ![]() The aforementioned tuning possibilities at the end will affect the frequency response curve of the room that should be as flat as possible. Some type of speakers like mine Fostex BK 108 back-loaded horns allows additionally adjustment of the damping material, both in the compression camera and inside the horn mouth, that could basically bring endless possibilities for fine tonal balance adjustments. Alone the fine positioning that involves adjustment of the distances between speakers, speakers and back wall, speakers and listener and finally the toe-in angle could improve the whole system performance manyfold.īy choosing an appropriate speaker cable and tuning the crossovers or notch filters one can gain dramatic improvement. The other important thing about speakers is that their fine tuning and adjustment could bring as substantial improvement in the system as no other component tuning could. My back-loaded horn speakers based on Fostex FE 108 Sigma full-range driver in BK 108 enclosure, created by “Art of Sound” in Saarbrücken. There is also relation between room and speaker volumes that needs to be consider and one of the most common mistakes one could make is to choose speakers that are far to big for the given room. It is known truth that room acoustic properties and dimensions have certain requirements of speakers. Speakers disperse the sound waves inside the room interacting with its boundaries and one shouldn’t think about them separately but in conjunction with the particular room. I can’t remember any other component that has influenced my home audio system as much as speakers did. Speakers are the most important component in an audio chain. ![]()
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